TWO ASIAN MEN WEARING NAME TAGS (BAPTIST CONVENTIONEERS?) POSE WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN. ONE WRITING SOMETHING DOWN. VARIOUS SHOTS GROUPS WITH MEN IN LIGHT COLORED SUMMER SUITS, CHAT AND POSE. CONVENTION HALL? IN BKGD

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LARGE GROUP WELL-DRESSED BLACK MEN & WOMEN POSE WITH WHITE WOMEN IN BAVARIAN OUTFITS (EUROPEAN BAPTISTS). LOTS OF SHAKING HANDS

LADIES IN BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY SUITS POSE WITH LITTLE GIRL. LOTS OF PEOPLE MILLING AROUND AFTER CHURCH. MIDDLE-AGED BLACK MAN IN WHITE SUIT SHAKES HANDS WITH WOMAN. ANOTHER MAN ATTEMPTS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH WOMAN WHILE SHE'S BUSY POSING FOR CAMERA.

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TWO WELL-DRESSED WHITE WOMEN POSE AS CROWD BLACK PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT IN BKGD. WHITE MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT SHAKES HANDS WITH TWO BLACK COUPLES AS THEY STIFFLY POSE FOR CAMERA. TO BUSY POSING.

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ASIAN COUPLE POSING.

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THREE BLACK WOMEN & TEENAGE GIRL POSE IN FRONT OF CAR.

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MOTORCYCLE POLICE LEADING PARADE TURN CORNER OF AVENUE FOLLOWED BY MOUNTED POLICE RIDING SIDE BY SIDE IN LONG ROW. CONVERTIBLE CARS WITH PEOPLE STANDING UP & WAVING FOLLOWED BY MARCHING BANDS & CHURCH GROUPS WITH FLAGS. CAMERAMAN RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA WITH CAMERA IN HAND LOOKING FOR GOOD SPOT. TROLLEY TRACKS IN STREET.

LARGE GROUP OF SOUTHERN WHITE BAPTISTS MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA FOLLOWED BY WOMEN IN BAVARIAN TRADITIONAL COSTUME.

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NEW ORLEANS STYLE BLACK BRASS BAND

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MAN & BOY IN UKRAINIAN COSTUME, FOLLOWED BY WOMEN. WHITE MARCHERS CARRYING SIGN "UKRAINIAN BAPTISTS" FOLLOWED BY LARGE CONTINGENT OF WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME & MANY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES. UKRAINIAN FLAG.

ELDERS EXITING BRICK CHURCH FOLLOWED BY NURSES IN WHITE. FOLLOWED BY CONGREGATION WALKING DOWN STEPS. MINISTER STANDS BY & CHATS WITH ENDLESS GROUP AS THEY EXIT AFTER SERVICE.

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TILT DOWN BROWNSTONE APARTMENT HOUSE. CARS PARKED ON CURB

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VARIOUS BLURRY SHOTS PAN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD STREET SCENES. APARTMENT HOUSES, CARS PARKED AT CURBS, PEOPLE GATHERED IN GROUPS ON SIDEWALKS, SEATED AT PARK BENCHES, WALKING ALONG TOWARDS CAMERA. POSING FOR SNAPSHOTS. LARGE BLACK MAN CLIMBS INTO CAR AT CURB. WELL-DRESSED WOMEN POSING. BOY SCOUTS MARCH BY SALUTING. PEOPLE IN SUNDAY BEST OUTSIDE CHURCH.

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WHITE BOY IN SWIM SUIT ON SIDEWALK TALKING TO TWO BLACK GIRLS IN SUNDAY BEST WITH NEWSPAPERS IN HANDS. JOINED BY OTHERS IN SWIM SUITS & WET HAIR.

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VARIOUS BLURRY SCENES NEIGHBORHOOD BLACK FOLKS IN SUNDAY BEST POSING FOR CAMERA ON STREET CORNERS & AT CHURCH STEPS. 1940s AUTO TRAFFIC IN BKGD. GROUP PICTURE IN FRONT BUILDING.

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CU LARGE NEON SIGN OUTSIDE SMALL RURAL CHURCH: "EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, REV. RAGSDALE, PASTOR". CONGREGATION MEMBERS FILE OUT OF CHURCH IN SUNDAY BEST. WOMAN WITH CANE. GROUP OF WOMEN IN WHITE CAP & GOWN FILE OUT FOLLOWED BY WOMEN IN BLACK CAP & GOWN. PAN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN IN WHITE DRESSES POSE WITH MEN. GIRLS IN CAP AND GOWN POSE. PAN SEVERAL SUNDAY SCHOOL GROUPS POSING IN FRONT OF CHURCH ENTRANCE.

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TWO-TONED 1940s BUICK SEDAN PULLS UP TO CURB. SEVERAL SHOTS TWO WOMEN POSE BY CAR

NEON SIGN: "HENDERSON BUSINESS COLLEGE, WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE". COLLEGE CAMPUS WITH BIG OLD HOUSE. PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT ON PORCH & LAWN OF OLD HOUSE. SHINY NEW CARS IN FRGD. CROWD AFRICAN AMERICANS EXITING OLD BUILDING. WALK DOWN PORCH STEPS. BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. 1940s COLLEGE FASHIONS.

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FEMALE STUDENTS MILLING ABOUT POSING OUTSIDE HENDERSON COLLEGE BUILDING WITH TURRET WINDOW. BLACK FEMALE STUDENTS WITH "HENDERSON COLLEGE BUSINESS COLLEGE" BANNER. DRAPE IT OVER LARGE STONE ON CAMPUS LAWN. YOUNG FEMALE STUDENTS WALK DOWN PATH. AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE.

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*B&W FOOTAGE* BLACK GRADS IN CAP & GOWN SLOWLY MARCH OUT OF SCHOOL IN SINGLE LINE

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GRADS IN CAPS & GOWNS SEATED AT DESKS OUTSIDE ON SCHOOL LAWN TYPING AS BLACK FEMALE TEACHER WATCHES OVER THEM. CARS PARKED AT CURB IN BKGD.

EXTERIOR LARGE BRICK CHURCH WITH LONG FLIGHT STONE STEPS LEADING TO ENTRANCE. VARIOUS SHOTS MALE ELDERS. ONE WITH CANE BEING HELPED UP STAIRS. FOLLOWED BY PROCESSION OF WOMEN IN WHITE CHOIR DRESSES. ENDLESS LINES OF PEOPLE OF CONGREGATION.

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CU TITLE CARD: "THE MAGNOLIA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. APRIL 29, 1946. REV. R.L. COTTON, PASTOR. MRS. CHARLENE KNOX, CLERK". PAN BRICK CHURCH AS ELDERS FILE OUT IN SINGLE LINE FOLLOWED BY CONGREGATION. WOMEN IN WHITE NURSE OUTFITS POSE AS THEY EXIT. CHILDREN FILING OUT. PAN LARGE FAMILY GROUPS. SANDY GROUND IN FRONT OF CHURCH. ALL FILE BACK INTO CHURCH.

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PAN GROUP OF MEN POSING. ONE COMICALLY WITH HAND ON BALD MAN'S HEAD SHAKING HANDS WITH ANOTHER BALD MAN. PAN MEN POSING WITH LARGE BLACK WOMEN IN WHITE DRESSES & BLACK TIES. TWO MEN SHAKING HANDS AS MIDDLE-AGED FAT WOMAN WATCHES. WOMAN SHOWS CATALOGUE TO TWO OTHER WOMEN.

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WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER STANDS NEXT TO CAMERA ON TRIPOD AS HER PARTNER ORGANIZES LARGE GROUP OF BLACK MEN & WOMEN FOR GROUP SHOT ON LAWN IN FRONT OF BUILDING. SOME SIT ON LAWN IN FRONT OF THOSE STANDING. PEOPLE MEET & CHAT AFTER CHURCH. ELDERLY BLACK MAN WITH AWARD RIBBON ON HIS LAPEL LARGE FAT MAN POSES WITH TEEN GIRL AND TWO WOMEN. PAN BLACK PIPE SMOKING MAN. MEN REMOVE HATS FOR THE SHOT. VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN POSING.

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TALL THIN BLACK MAN POSES BETWEEN TWO SHORTER MEN ALL WEARING SUNDAY SUITS & PANAMA HATS. ORIENTAL WOMEN POSES WITH THREE OF HER KIDS.

PROCESSION OF CARS, PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH PEOPLE SEATED IN BACK ROLL DOWN STREET WITH SIGNS IDENTIFYING THEIR CHURCHES. TEENS SIT ON FRONT HOODS AS CARS DRIVE WHITE COP DIRECTS TRAFFIC. BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOOL BUS TURNS INTO TRAFFIC. CIRCA 1940s CARS OF ALL STYLES AS WELL AS HORSE DRIVEN WAGON WITH CAR TIRE WHEELS.

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BLACK CHRISTIAN YOUTH GROUPS MARCHING DOWN STREET.

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WELL-DRESSED MEN GREET EACH OTHER ON STREET CORNER. WALK TOWARDS CAMERA SHAKING HANDS

01:05:033838.37

TWO WOMEN EAT ICE CREAM ON STICK AS THEY WALK TOWARDS CAMERA WITH MAN. STOP AND POSE.

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOY SCOUT GROUP MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA AS GROUPS OF MEN MILL AROUND IN BKGD.

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BAPTIST CHURCH CONGREGATION LEAVING CHURCH. CHILDREN IN GROUPS LED BY ADULTS, FOLLOWED BY GROUP OF NURSES & GRADS IN CAP AND GOWNS. PAN CONGREGATION POSING FOR GROUP SHOT IN FRONT OF CHURCH.

01:09:094084.37

LITTLE BOYS TUSSLE IN SUNDAY SUITS, BIG BROTHER BREAKS IT UP.

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LARGE CHURCH BUILDING. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. TEEN GIRLS CARRY SIGN AS THEY WALK OUT OF BUILDING: "VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH". CLASSES, OLD LADIES AND TEACHERS FOLLOW.

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VARIOUS SHOTS BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL IN EMPTY LOT. CROWD OF SPECTATORS WATCH. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH SCAFFOLDING IN BKGD. SANDLOT BASEBALL

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Year:1937-1945Color:Color / Black & WhiteGenre:MINORITIES

Description:AFRO-AMERICAN LIFE & RELIGION. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, INCLUDING SOUTHERN WHITE GROUPS AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, ALL RACES AND COLOR. SOUTHERN BLACK AFFLUENCE.